Combination check and tag



Apri 15; 1930. c. s. PETERS COMBINATION CHECK AND TAG Filed April 15, 1929 i Patented Apr. 15, 1930 PATENT OFFICE CHARLES S. yPETERS, OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO oolnanu'rrou cnncx 'AND 'rae Application led April 13,

' 'I As is well known, parking spaces and park-` ing garages have recently come into extensive use. The ordinarv) ractice in attempting to check the automo i es parked, 1s for the attendant to give the owner of the automobile or customer a check having a number thereon, corresponding tov the number upon a companion check or ticket, which is attached to the automobile. The companion check 1s ordinarily placed upon the windshield or l5 some otherportion of the automobile and fre uently becomes lost, resulting in confusion. It is also well known that the attendants are frequently dishonest and resell the same parking check, thus enabling lthem to keep the money, which should be paidl to the owner ofthe establishment.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a combination check and tag embodying a tag element and check element, which are ori 'nally detachably connected and adapted to conveniently separated. Prior to separation, the tag'element and check element are folded upon each other, and when so folded, the attendant may punchthereon the time that the automobile was left for parking. The tag element and check element carry the same identification numbers. The check` element is separated from the tag element and given to the customer while the companion tag element is adapted to be folded transversely upon itself, and is passed about the shank of the door handleof the automobile, -and its adjacent portions'or ends are secured together by a staple, eyelet or other means. When the customer returns, he presents the check element and the attendant then removes the companion tag element from' the handle of the automobile door by tearing the same, which will free it for removal. By thus tearing the companion tag element, it is destroyed for the purpose of resale, thus serving as a check upon the dishonesty of the attendant. I also contemplate forming the combination tag and check device in three 50 sections, thus providing a check element 192s. serial No. $54,816.

which may be given to the oice, so that the office will have a record of the transaction.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tag element, embodied in my invention, showing the same being applied to the shank of a door handle, o

Figure 2 is a similar view, showin the tag element folded transversely upon itself, with its adjacent portions stapled together,

Figure 3is a plan view of the combinationv check and tag, before the tag elements are 05 se ara-ted,

igure 4 is an end elevation of the same, showing the elements folded longitudinally upon the line of perforation,

Figure 5 is a plan view of a combined check 7 and tag, embodying a modification of the invention, and,

Figure 6 is an end elevation of the same,

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, are shown preferred embodiments of my invention, the combination check and tag embodies a tag element 10 and a check element 11, preferably formed of cardboard or the like, and foldable longitudinally u pon a perforated line 12. This perforated 30 l1ne secures the tag element 10 and the check element, together, but permits of their con vement separation.

The tag element 10 and check element 11 are provided near one end with the same 5' car identification number 13, as shown. The tag element 10 is preferably provided with a legend Attach to car, as shown at 14, and the check element 11 is preferably provided with the legend Customers check, as 9 shown at 15.

The tag element 10 and check element 11 are provided in their centers with time tables 16, which yare identical and embody numerals ranging from 1 to 12, inclusive, as shown 95 at 17, for indicating the hours, and A. M. and R M., to indicate before or after noon.

vals of fifteen mlnutes.

The tag element 10 is cut away adj acentits outer edge, forming an opening 19, which provides a contracted portion, connecting the tegral with andcarried by the tag element 11, and( is foldable longitudinally upon the same along a perforated line 22, whereby`V the check element 21 may he conveniently torn from the check element 11. The same car identification number 13 is carried by the check element 21.

The check element 21` is provided with a data receiving table, embodying a longitudinal linef23 for receiving the name of the owner orv driver of the automobile and a line 241or receiving his address, and has a transverse line 25 affording a space 26, `for the reception of the type of automobile and a space 27 to receive the license plate number. The check element 21 is provided with a legend 28, Ofiice record, indicating that this check element should be forwarded to the ofiice. A time table 29 is formed upon the central portion of the check element 21 andv is identical with the time tables 16 de-l scribed in connection with sections 10 and 11.

In the use of the first form of combination check and tag, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the attendant folds the elements l0 and 11 longitudinally upon the perforated line 12, and this brings the portionsv of the timetables 16 into registration. By the use ofv al suitable punch, the time atwhich the automobile'was left for parking may be indicated. For instance, if the automobile was left at 1: 15 P.VM., this time is indicated by vpunching l of the numerals 17, and .15

of the numerals 18, and 1). M. rIhe same record is made simultaneously upon both elements 10 and 11. 4These elements 10 and 11 are now separated by tearing along the line 12, and the check element 11 is given to the customer, while the attendant passes the contracted portion 1 9 of the tag element 10 about the shank of the door handle, Figure 2,'and then secures the ends 20`together by means of a staple 28. I contemplate securing the ends 2O together by any other suitable means, and may provide a seal for the same, whereby it would be impossible to separate such ends without detection. It is thus seen that the tag element is secured to the door handle in a manner to render it impossible that the same be lost or accidentally displaced. When the customer returns for his car, he presents the check element 11 and the attendant locates the automobile by the numeral 13 thereon, corresponding to the number 13, upon the tag element 10. In removing the tag element 10 fromA the shank of the *doorl handle, the at tendant pulls down upon the ends 20, and readily tears the contracted portion 19. The

tag element 10 is thereby removed and the tearing of the same destroys the tag element, so that it can not be resold. This .is an important feature, as it serves as a check against the reselling of used tags.

- The use of the modified form of the device shown in Fi ures 5 and 6, is substantially identical. Tie elements 1 0, 11 and 21 are folded longitudinally upon the perforated lines 12 and 22, thus bringing the several time tables into registration, whereby the time may be properly punched in the tables. The several elements are then separated from each other, the element 10 applied to the door handle, as'indicated in Figure 2, the element 11 given to the customer, and the element 21 delivered to the office, after the name of the customer, his address, the type o f automobile, and license plate number have been properly filled in, upon the same, asprovided for in the designated spaces.

Suitable advertisements may be placed upon the tag element 10 and check element 11, and I contemplate using the ta element 10, alone, as an advertising device. In this event, the identification number 13 would be omitted,lthus leaving greater space for advertisements. The tag element being applied to the handle of the door would be called to the attention of the driver, upon opening the door, and the advertisements thereon could be read, before or after removal.

y It is to be understood that the forms of my invention, herewith shown and described, are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that various changes in\ the Shape, size and arrangement of parts, may be resorted to without departing from the s irit of my invention or the scope of the su joined claims.

' Having thus described my invention, I

claim 1. A combination check and ta adapted for use in connection with parke automobiles, comprising a tag element and a check element havin a longitudinal 1ineof perforation connecting them so that they may be readily separated, said elements having identification numbers, the tag element having a cut out portion at its longitudinal edge providing an intermediate contracted portion between the ends of the tag element, the tag element bein adapted to be folded transversely upon t e intermediate contracted or-v tion about the shank of the automobile oor handle withthe ends disposed upon one side of the handle, and means securing lsaid ends together whereby the intermediate contracted portion will be torn in removing the tag element.

2. A combination check and tag adapted for use in connectiony with parked automobiles, comprising a tag element and a check element having a line of perforation so that said elements may be folded upon each other on said line, and separated by tearing on said line, said elements having identification numbers, said elements also having time tables formed thereon and so co-related that said time tables substantially coincide when said elements are folded upon each other so that 5 the time can be punched upon both tables in one operation, the tag element having a cut out portion at its longitudinal edge providing an intermediate contracted portlon be? tween the ends of the tag element, the tag element being adapted to be folded transversely upon the intermediate contracted portion about a part of an automobile with said ends` disposed upon one side of said part, and means for securing the ends together.

3. A tag formed of a flexible sheet, said tag having a contracted intermediate portion and end portions extending laterally in one direction only beyond the intermediate portion, said tag being foldable transversely upon the contracted portion about the shank l of an automobile door handle with the laterally projecting ends of the tag disposed upon one side of the handle to prevent undue move- 25 ment of the folded tag,i and means for connecting said ends.

In testimony whereof I aiix my si ature.

CHARLES S. PE RS. 

